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Walmart Strategic Analysis William Andrew Hall MBA, Post University BUS525: Business and Strategy Planning Professor Lorraine Zullo 26 April 2022.

[Audio] Hello Classmates and Professor, Today we will be going over Walmart's Strategic Analysis, Companies External Resources and Industry Environment Internal Resources and Intellectual Assets, Business-Level Strategies, Corporate-Level Strategies, Leadership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship Practices, Goals and Smart Objectives, SWOT, Reference page.

Walmart’s Strategic Analysis. Lowest prices to beat all competition In store locations and online presence Price match Social media presence Generic and brand name product Services One place to shop to get all you need Store Pick up (Walmart, 2022) ..

Companies External Resources and Industry Environment.

Internal Resources and Intellectual Assets. Internal Resources - Price matching Online purchasing Worldwide Competitive advantage on other retail companies (Indeed, 2021)..

[Audio] Walmart's business-level strategies are to provide the lowest prices on the market. If Walmart is challenged they will beat the price. This helps gain customer by building a good customer relationship. Being able to get everything you want by going to only one place is outstanding! If you could be told everything you need is at one place and by the way you will save money here other than going other places, you can't tell me you're not sold! It's not just cheaper products and services but also quality products and services is what they provide..

Corporate-Level Strategies. One place to shop for all products and services Competitive pricing Lowest price on the market (Corporate, 2022) Convenience to the customer.

Leadership. - Corporate leadership Section Manager Trainers CEO Financial Advisor Walmart’s Leaders follow a code of conduct which promotes a safe and respectful workplace. (Walmart Ethics, 2022) All employees should be treated fairly and be offered the opportunity to career progress. Leadership at Walmart wants to constantly motivate and promote excellence and integrity. A great leader is a great communicator..

[Audio] Innovation covers the improvements of a company to become more advanced in the future. Walmart has a cell phone app that allows you to see the inventory of the store. If they are out no problem you don't waste your gas, you order it online and they will ship it for free to the store for you. Walmart is also able to cut down the amount of employees needed. The company has online service and self-check out eliminating the need for a humans help. Janitorial jobs are not needed constantly either due to robot cleaning machines. The world is leaning more towards technology and saving big companies money..

Entrepreneurship Practices. Save money on expenses Downsize employees and replace with technology Contract local farmers China cheap merchandise.

Goals and Smart Objectives. Goals Larger social media presence Downsizing employees for more profit Employee benefit increase Limit expenses on employees and replace with technology -SMART Stands for Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic and Anchored within a time frame -All of the goals listed are attainable following the SMART strategic goal assessment..

SWOT. How to Make Your SWOT Analysis Actionable. - Large Product line Uses advance technology Lowest Prices One place to shop for all.

[Audio] Thank you for learning about Walmart and it's strategic analysis to strive in the future..

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Reference. Dees, G.D., McNamara, G. & Eisner, A. (2018). Strategic Management: Text and cases (9th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Pg. 41. Retrieved (2022, April 20). From https:// ambassadored.vitalsource.com/reader/books/978 1259900440/ epubcfi /6/24 [%3Bvnd.vst.idref%3DChapter2]!/4/2/2[page_34].